It was not planned but the weekend started earlier than usual for students and teachers from the Louis-Armand high school in Chambéry-le-Haut.
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At 11:30 a.m., the firefighters are alerted for suspected gas leakage. They are then 21 to go there to try to identify the possible leak as quickly and effectively as possible in the middle of a maze of rooms, so specific to this immense establishment. Some fire soldiers are equipped with detectors. They go to the kitchen and canteen sector as a priority, which was about to welcome students.
The high school closed for the afternoon
Meanwhile, everyone has been evacuated, which has given rise to an XXL operation: between high school students, teachers and staff, 1,900 people were impacted in total.
Given the time of the incident, the principal preferred to close his establishment for the afternoon and give everyone to everyone from Monday.
On site, the firefighters confirm the smell of gas. They therefore looked for the origin of a possible leak until 2 p.m. In the end, no trace or gas molecule were detected by the devices. After the intervention of GRDF, a French gas distribution company, everything returned to order. The incident was therefore closed, as is the high school portal.
